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SquareCircle's Last 20 Posts
| Coinstar Finds! (Including Bank Counters And Other Machines)
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SquareCircle
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United States
116 Posts |
 Posted 05/06/2024 07:36 am
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Ok, I'm wondering how many machines some of you are checking every day to get the finds you're posting about. I am on a 20 machine dry spell right now, and it's from a variety of Walmart stores as I've been making deliveries to them for work. I'm honestly wondering if I'm unknowingly competing with store employees that see something shiny and take matters into their own hands as they see everyone who dumps change into there.
Well, there are only 3, maybe 4 machines that I get to check on a regular basis, and only one of those has ever yielded much of anything for me. On average I get to check that one less than once a week. I think the main difference between that one and the others is that no one can see if there's anything in the reject slot unless they make an intentional effort to do so. The slot is dark and recessed, not to mention consistently dirty, which makes me suspect that store employees don't pay any particular attention to it. |
| | Forum: Coin Roll Hunting |
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| Coinstar Finds! (Including Bank Counters And Other Machines)
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SquareCircle
Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Posted 05/02/2024 08:02 am
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That dime is awesome. I can't imagine someone just carelessly spending it!
Well, I imagine that your average CoinStar customer is someone with a huge container of coins and pretty much no idea of what interesting items might be among them. And if he happens to notice an unusual coin in the midst of all his change, he'll have no idea what it is because he's not a collector. He probably won't even care what it might be.
That said, I do have to wonder how some of the coins I've found -- and some of those shown in this thread -- ended up in some random person's big bucket of coins. And the dime I found is certainly no exception to that! |
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| Post Your 'One Year Only' Coins (Not Commemoratives!)
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SquareCircle
Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Posted 05/02/2024 07:56 am
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Ah, but this is a 25 pence (1 Crown) circulating coin I don't consider it a commem..
Someone can speak up if they disagree, but I'd say a coin can definitely be both a circulating coin and a commemorative.
For example, when I first saw this thread, I thought of posting the 2009 Lincoln cents with the four different reverses, as well as a 1967 Canadian penny with the special "100th anniversary" design. But then I realized: "Wait a minute! Those are commemoratives!" |
| | Forum: "Post Your..." Gallery Topics |
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| Coinstar Finds! (Including Bank Counters And Other Machines)
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SquareCircle
Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Posted 04/30/2024 07:55 am
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Well, I had a record-setting CoinStar find last night.
There were 25 coins in all. My previous record was 23.
The (hopefully) spendable change added up to $1.82. I don't know my previous record but it would have been a mere fraction of that. (Conveniently, I also found a dime on the floor nearby.)
And when I was grabbing the coins I noticed the reverse of what I originally figured would be a Barber dime. It turned out to be even older than that -- an 1878 Seated Liberty dime! So that's now the oldest coin I've ever found (and the 2nd oldest coin in my entire current collection). BTW, this is the 4th time I've found a coin over 100 years old in the same machine.
Here's a better picture of the dime than what I originally posted. And, yes, I know the dime is in rough condition.
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| Post Your Coins With Center Holes
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SquareCircle
Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Posted 04/22/2024 06:42 am
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1833 Bolivia
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1875 Vietnam
What I find interesting about these (although I'm sure it applies to other coins in this topic) is how the holes go right through pictures and even words. It makes me wonder why the holes are even there.
P.S.: The date on the Bolivian coin looks like 1883 to me. |
| | Forum: "Post Your..." Gallery Topics |
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| Coin Collector Humor
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SquareCircle
Valued Member
United States
116 Posts |
Posted 04/15/2024 3:47 pm
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the term "BU" should be banished from the numismatic lexicon. I won't bid on any coin when that overused term / phrase is used in the title of the auction.
Hmm, I had no idea that was an overused term. Keep in mind that the time I used it as I described earlier was over 40 years ago. I don't know if it was overused back then, but I honestly didn't know if it was used at all today. |
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